Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft: earnings by state

What Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft typically earn most 4 years out in Virginia ($47,896) and least in Kentucky ($38,264). Pay usually follows local wages and living costs, so a high figure isn't a reason on its own to study there.

Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
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Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
StateMedian earnings
Alabama$41k
Alaska—
Arizona$43k
Arkansas—
California$44k
Colorado$48k
Connecticut—
Delaware—
District of Columbia—
Florida$45k
Georgia$40k
Hawaii—
Idaho—
Illinois$43k
Indiana$46k
Iowa$43k
Kansas—
Kentucky$38k
Louisiana$39k
Maine—
Maryland$40k
Massachusetts$47k
Michigan$46k
Minnesota$46k
Mississippi—
Missouri$43k
Montana—
Nebraska—
Nevada—
New Hampshire—
New Jersey$42k
New Mexico—
New York$43k
North Carolina$44k
North Dakota—
Ohio$40k
Oklahoma$45k
Oregon$41k
Pennsylvania$43k
Rhode Island—
South Carolina$42k
South Dakota—
Tennessee$38k
Texas$45k
Utah$43k
Vermont—
Virginia$48k
Washington$46k
West Virginia—
Wisconsin$40k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
Virginia$47,8966
Colorado$47,7764
Massachusetts$46,7815
Indiana$46,2755
Michigan$45,9947
Minnesota$45,9154
Washington$45,6904
Texas$45,15316
Florida$44,79811
Oklahoma$44,6193
North Carolina$44,2918
California$44,24525
Utah$43,3024
Pennsylvania$43,09513
Arizona$43,0324
New York$42,93729
Illinois$42,91814
Iowa$42,7673
Missouri$42,5395
New Jersey$41,80710
South Carolina$41,7944
Oregon$41,3403
Alabama$41,2134
Wisconsin$40,2875
Ohio$40,22019
Maryland$40,0284
Georgia$39,6467
Louisiana$38,9143
Tennessee$38,4644
Kentucky$38,2643

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